Name of Indian long pepper in different languages:

Plant description of Indian long pepper:-

Indian long pepper (Piper longum) is a flowering climber vine, resembles with black pepper plant, leaves are dark green, heart-shaped, perennial, arranged alternately, ovate-oblong, aromatic, 6.5 cm to 9.0 cm long, flowers are male and female, borne on different plants, Fruit is long, dark green it turns red, when ripe, dried fruits are black color. It is one inch in diameter seeds are contain in a fleshy berry, 2.5 mm long. propagation- stem cutting can plant to prepare new plant.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Heart shaped

Margin-Entire

Venation-Cross venulated

Useful plant parts:

Root, seed

Medicinal uses:

It is a good rejuvenator, stimulate the appetite and expel intestinal gas, stimulant, and carminative, used in the treatment of constipation, gonorrhea, paralysis of tongue and diarrhea, cholera, malaria, viral and hepatitis.

Chemical contents:

Piperlongumine, peppeyartin, pepparin, steroid

How to prepare medicines:

Indian long pepper is used as an ingredient in many of Ayurvedic medicinesd like-